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Introduction to American EducationWednesday, September 3, 2014

Today's Agenda

Introductions
- Each Other (Who? What? Why?
- Course (Approach, Syllabus and Schedule)
- URITeacherKnowledge website.

Homework

For Friday:
- Read Chapter 3 of Bain (2012): What the Best College Students Do.
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  - Take reading notes
  - Be prepared to discuss what type of learner you intend on being.
- Complete and submit Student Technology / Information Survey

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Introduction to American EducationFriday, September 5, 2014

Today's Agenda

Photos
Using Personal Tech to Enhance Creativity and Learning: PKB
Idea Share: Bain Ch 2.

Homework

For Monday:
- Read Suskind pp. 1-43: Here are PDFs:
  Suskind-Ch01.pdf
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  Suskiind-Ch02.pdf
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  - Take reading notes
- If you haven't already: complete and submit Student Technology / Information Survey

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Introduction to American EducationMonday, September 8, 2014

Today's Agenda

Introductions
Hope in the Unseen
- Class Discussion: Suskind Ch 1&2
  - What does it mean to say "poverty should not be destiny? "
  - How does Cedric's educational context relate to your own?
  - What should be the role(s) of public education for America's poor?

Introduction to Academic Autobiography Project
- Project Page
- Project Goals
- Project Requirements
- Wikispace Tour/Features

How are your using your PKB for DL?
- PKB Trick #2: Thoughtful surfing

Homework

For Wednesday:
- Read: Suskind, 2005: pp. 44-76
- Academic Autobiography Entry 1: Early schooling experience: Write a 2-3 page description of an experience or teacher from your early that was influential in your development.

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Introduction to American EducationWednesday, September 10, 2014

Today's Agenda

How are you using the PKB idea for DL?
- Who has the time for DL?
- Demo: Thoughtful surfing.
- How to tag in Evernote? Check out www.evernoteaturi.wikispaces.com for suggestions.

Class Discussion: Hope in the Unseen
- What is happening?
- What does it mean for Cedric?
- What does it mean for us?
- What questions to we have?

Academic Autobiography Project: Peer editing
- What is your experience with peer editing?
- Pair up and improve each other's work.

Homework

For Friday:
- Read: Suskind, 2005: pp. 77-100
- Write: Finalize Academic Autobiography Entry 1: Early schooling experience:

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Introduction to American EducationFriday, September 12, 2014

Today's Agenda

Class Discussion: Hope in the Unseen
- Work in groups of 5 or so
- Assign an moderator, timekeeper, and reporter, and recorder
- Possible discussion questions

*What does it mean for us?
*What questions to we have?
*Academic Autobiography Project: Peer editing? Questions? Ideas?
*Using your Personal Knowledge Base: Questions? Ideas?

Homework

For Monday:
- Read:Suskind, 2005: pp. 101-139
- Write: First Draft: Later (High) School Influences

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Introduction to American EducationMonday, September 15, 2014

Goal: Connect the dots: Cedric <==> Providence Schools <==> Trends in RI School Reform

Today's Agenda

Finish Class Discussion: Hope in the Unseen
- Finish up share-outs from Friday.
- Possible discussion questions
- What are our take-aways from Hope in the Unseen so far?
What questions has Hope in the Unseen provided?
How are students in Providence seeking to influence how their schools are run?
- What questions do you have about urban education in RI?
- Research: Providence Student Union, NECAP, RI Graduation Requirements.
- How does Cedric's experiences relate to the concerns of the Providence Student Union?
- http://www.providencestudentunion.org/2013/05/01/there-is-a-solution/

How does his experience compare with our own?

Homework

For Wednesday:
- Read: Suskind, 2005: pp. 140-188
  Peer Edited Final Version: Revised High School Influences

Introduction to American EducationWednesday, September 17, 2014

Goal: Use our own experiences, and Cedric's, to answer: What should school do for kids?

Today's Agenda

Thinking about the purpose of American Public Schools
- What did Cedric get from his schooling?
- What did we take away from our schooling?
- What should schools do for students? Class "Purpose" Data Sheet
Worksession: What impacts did school have on us?

Homework

For Friday:
- || Read: Suskind, 2005: pp. 189-221
  First Draft: Out of School Influence ||

Introduction to American EducationFriday, September 19, 2014

Goal: Use our own experiences, and Cedric's, to answer: What should school do for kids?

Today's Agenda

Worksession: What impacts did school have on us?
- What can we learn from analyzing our AA essays? Class "Purpose" Data Sheet

Peer Editor Meetings: Outside Influences.
Transitions
- Game of School

Homework

For Monday:
- Read:
  - Fried: The Greatest Obstacle
  - Final Version: Out of School Influence

Introduction to American EducationMonday, September 22, 2014

Goal: Final Reflection: Hope in the Unseen

Today's Agenda

What did we take away from Hope in the Unseen? Mindmup
- About schools?
- About teachers?
- About students?
- About the US?
How do we connect Bain (What the Best College Students Do) and Fried (The Game of School)
Writing about a personal expertise.

Homework

For Wednesday:
- || Read: Ripley pp. 1-25
  
  First Draft: Personal Expertise Description ||

Introduction to American EducationWednesday, September 24, 2014

Goal: Introduction to the Smartest Kids in the World

Today's Agenda

The Smartest Kids in the World
- What is the PISA? Why is it important?
- Sample PISA Items
- Class Mindmup

How do we connect Bain (What the Best College Students Do) and Fried (The Game of School)
Newsfeeds

Homework

For Friday:
- Read: Ripley pp. 26-45
- Write: Peer Edited Final Version: Personal Expertise Description

**PKM/Research

Watch a video about RSS and Feedly
Create a Feedly account.

***Add at least one RSS feed related to education to your Feedly account.

Suggestions: Education Next, American Enterprise Institute, Diane Ravitch, Larry Cuban, Mercedes Schneider, Gary Rubenstein, NYT Education Section, Huffington Post Educa

Introduction to American EducationFriday, September 26, 2014

Goal: Introduction to the Smartest Kids in the World

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
- What feeds did you add?
- What have you learned?
- How are you capturing?
The Smartest Kids in the World
- Class Mindmup
Puppy visit??

Homework

For Monday:
- Read: Ripley pp. 46-66
- Final Personal Profile Page w/ links to all Academic Autobiography Pages
- PKM/Research
  - Explore: PKM 03: Organizing Your Knowledge Using Notebooks
  - If you haven't already, create at least one notebook in your PKB for EDC 102H.
  - Use the web clipper to capture each part of your Academic Autobiography.
  - Be sure you can change your notebook view to see a list of a notebook's contents.
  - Be sure you can sort your notes by title and date.

Introduction to American EducationMonday, September 29, 2014

Goal: Introduction to the Smartest Kids in the World

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
Introduction to Research on Schools.
- What questions do we have?
- What would we like to produce?

The Smartest Kids in the World
- Class Mindmup

Homework

For Wednesday:
- Read: Ripley pp. 67-80
- All AA pages + student profile should be done.
- Research
  - Find and clip at least three articles about being a student in Korea.

Introduction to American EducationWednesday, October 1, 2014Meeting in CML (Library) Today

Goal: Introduction to the Smartest Kids in the World

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
Introduction to Research on Schools.
- What questions do we have?
- What schools should we research
- What would we like to produce?

Homework

For Friday:
- Read: Ripley pp. 81-103
- Research
  - Find and clip at least two webpages with information about your school or district.

Introduction to American EducationFriday, October 3, 2014Meeting in Regular Classroom Today

Goal: Introduction to the Smartest Kids in the World

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
Research on Schools.
- What questions do we have?
- What Communities should we research
Discussion of Ripley - Our MindMup
- What are the author's main points about American schools?
- What is her argument?
- What is she not saying? Does this matter?

Homework

For Friday:
- Read: Ripley pp. 103-123
- Research
  - Find and clip at least two webpages with information about your school or district.
- Remember: We meet in CML on Monday

Introduction to American EducationMonday, October 6, 2014Meeting in the CML Today

Goal: Work in a Team to Research A Community

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
Research on Schools.
- What questions do we have?
- What Communities should we research?

Homework

For Wednesday:
- Read: Ripley pp. 124-150
- Research
  - Find and clip at least two webpages with information about your school or district.
- Remember: We meet in CML on Monday

Introduction to American EducationWednesday, October 8, 2014Meeting in our regular classroom today.

Goal: Work in a Team to Research A Community

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
Community Descriptions
- Geography
- Demographics
- Economics
- Health
Ripley
- Questions? Thoughts?
- Our Mindmap
- Salberg: Why Finnish schools are Top Notch
- OECD: Time teachers are in front of students.
PKB: Organizing Knowledge
- Using Tags in Evernote for Academic Work

Homework

For Friday

Read: Ripley pp. 151-168

Review Zotero page (and videos) on URITK.
Deadline: Community Description on URITK

Introduction to American EducationFriday, October 10, 2014Meeting in our regular classroom today.
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/help-molly-get-her-diploma.fb49?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=11383523
please sign the petition for Molly Coffey from Barrington, RI to receive her diploma!!

Goal: Work in a Team to Research A Community

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
Community Descriptions
- Geography
- Demographics
- Economics
- Health

Zotero Walkthrough
- Adding citations to Zotero - The easy way and the hard way.
- Getting citations out of Zotero - The easy way and the hard way.

Homework

No class Monday. Keep Reading Ripley (p. 200 by Wednesday)

Introduction to American EducationWednesday, October 15, 2014Meeting in the CML Today (Wednesday)
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/help-molly-get-her-diploma.fb49?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=11383523
please sign the petition for Molly Coffey from Barrington, RI to receive her diploma!!

Goal: Work in a Team to Research A Community

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
School Descriptions
- Accountability
- Teaching
- Student Life
- Other

Homework

Keep Reading Ripley (p. 200 by Wednesday)

Introduction to American EducationFriday, October 17, 2014Meeting in the Regular Classroom Today (Friday)
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/help-molly-get-her-diploma.fb49?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=11383523
please sign the petition for Molly Coffey from Barrington, RI to receive her diploma!!

Goal: Work in a Team to Research A Community

Today's Agenda

Sharing: Ed Reform News
Finalize Community Description
- Introduction
- Conclusion
- Citations

Homework

We will discuss Ripley next time. Please be ready to discuss the book in detail so you don't feel left out.

Introduction to American Education
Monday, October 20, 2014
Meeting in the Regular Classroom Today (Monday)

Goal: Work in a Team to Research A Community

Today's Agenda

Reflect on one Ripley chapter on your own.
- Who is the subject of the chapter? What is his/her situation?
- What is the author's main point about the country/school/teachers/students? What evidence does she use?
In your small groups, discuss and capture:
- What is the chapter's main point about US schools/teachers/students? What evidence is used?
- What questions did this chapter raise for you?
Whole Group Discussion: What can we learn from Ms. Ripley's book? What questions do we have?
- Share overall reactions to each chapter
- What is the author's overall argument? What is her evidence?
- What are our key takeaways from this book?
- What questions about American schools, teachers, and students are you left with?
Update our map: Smartest Kids
Groups:
- Ch 6
  - MarcyAbong
  - KianaAnderson
  - SaraBuckley
  - JuliaCohen
- Ch 7
  - MeaganCoon
  - AllisonCorey
  - BayleeDiMarco
  - HalleGoldberg
- Ch 8
  - SamanthaKaiser
  - VictoriaKern
  - IleanaLaGrutta
  - RebeccaLelli
- Ch 9
  - SamanthaLindquist
  - MelanieMertens
  - MadelineMucci
  - VictoriaPetit
- Ch 10
  - RyanSmith
  - AdamSokolowski
  - AmandaWard
  - EmmaZingg

Introduction to American Education
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Meeting in the Regular Classroom Today (Monday)

Goal: Work in a Team to Research A Community

Today's Agenda (Again)

Whole Group Discussion: What can we learn from Ms. Ripley's book? What questions do we have?
- Share overall reactions to each chapter
- What is the author's overall argument? What is her evidence?
- What are our key takeaways from this book?
- What questions about American schools, teachers, and students are you left with?
Update our map: Smartest Kids
Refine Community Descriptions
Groups
- Ch 7
  - MeaganCoon
  - AllisonCorey
  - BayleeDiMarco
  - HalleGoldberg
- Ch 8
  - SamanthaKaiser
  - VictoriaKern
  - IleanaLaGrutta
  - RebeccaLelli
- Ch 9
  - SamanthaLindquist
  - MelanieMertens
  - MadelineMucci
  - VictoriaPetit
- Ch 10
  - RyanSmith
  - AdamSokolowski
  - AmandaWard
  - EmmaZingg

Introduction to American Education
Friday, October 24, 2014

Goal: Develop a Clear Understanding of How Schools are Organized and Financed.

Today's Agenda

Jigsaw Activity: School Organization and Funding
- Expert Groups: Use this Google Doc to Capture Critical Ideas
- Learning Groups
- Quiz
Expert Groups
- Sec 1
  - MarcyAbong
  - KianaAnderson
  - SaraBuckley
  - JuliaCohen
- Sec 2
  - MeaganCoon
  - AllisonCorey
  - BayleeDiMarco
  - HalleGoldberg
- Sec 3
  - SamanthaKaiser
  - VictoriaKern
  - IleanaLaGrutta
  - RebeccaLelli
- Sec 4
  - SamanthaLindquist
  - MelanieMertens
  - MadelineMucci
  - VictoriaPetit
- Sec 5
  - RyanSmith
  - AdamSokolowski
  - AmandaWard
  - EmmaZingg

Learning Groups
- Group 1
  - MarcyAbong
  - MeaganCoon
  - SamanthaKaiser
  - SamanthaLindquist
  - RyanSmith
- Group 2
  - KianaAnderson
  - AllisonCorey
  - VictoriaKern
  - MelanieMertens
  - AdamSokolowski
- Group 3
  - SaraBuckley
  - BayleeDiMarco
  - IleanaLaGrutta
  - MadelineMucci
  - AmandaWard
- Group 4
  - JuliaCohen
  - HalleGoldberg
  - RebeccaLelli
  - VictoriaPetit
  - EmmaZingg

Homework

Read: Ravitch pp. 3-31
School and Community Descriptions due 10/29

Introduction to American Education
Monday, October 27, 2014

Goal: Describe a School Based on Evidence

Today's Agenda

Worksession: School Descriptions
- Meet in community groups to determine which schools are being described.
- Work on your school description.
  - Be as complete as you can.
  - Include NCLB status (Is school meeting its targets?)
  - Compare statistics with state averages.
  - Strong topic sentences.
- Pair up and offer feedback on another description.

Homework

Read: Ravitch pp. 32-43
School and Community Descriptions due 10/29

Introduction to American Education
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Goal: Describe a School Based on Evidence

Today's Agenda

Introduction: Rhode Island Strategic Plan Project
Sign up for a Ravitch Reading Team.
Explore -
- RI Strategic Plan;
- What is our Commissioner up to now?

Homework

Read: Ravitch pp. 44-73
School and Community Descriptions due 10/29

Events

URI Forum on Education

Wednesday, November 5th from 5-7pm
Located in the Memorial Union in the room called "Atrium 1"
Topic: the current climate of Rhode Island public education, and the application of the Common Core in classrooms today.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1509358372647093/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

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Introduction to American Education
Monday, November 3, 2014Meet in the CML today (Monday)

Goal: Determine Priorities for our RI Strategic Plan 2.0

Today's Agenda

Mindmup: What should our priorities be?
Work in groups to
- generate a mindmap
- research questions related to your priority area
- Team Page (use template EDC 102 Fnl Prj Team Page)

Homework

Read: Ravitch pp. 91-114 (for Friday)

Events

URI Forum on Education

Wednesday, November 5th from 5-7pm
Located in the Memorial Union in the room called "Atrium 1"
Topic: the current climate of Rhode Island public education, and the application of the Common Core in classrooms today.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1509358372647093/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

Introduction to American Education
Wednesday, November 5, 2014Meet in regular classroom today (Wednesday)

Goal: Determine Priorities for our RI Strategic Plan 2.0 / Relate to Ravitch.

Today's Agenda

Mindmup: What should our priorities be?
Discuss Ravitch so far
- Schools at Risk
- Corporate Reformers
- Language of Corporate Reform
- Test Scores
- Achievement Gap
- International Test Scores
- High School Graduation Rates
- College Graduation Rates

Homework

Read: Ravitch pp. 91-114 (for Friday)

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Introduction to American Education
Friday, November 21, 2014

Goal: Learn from our Peers about Priorities for our RI Strategic Plan 2.0

Today's Agenda

Teach-In - Day 1 - Topic: Fair Funding of Schools
Team pages and individual pages due at end of week.
- Individual pages - Due this Friday
- Team pages - Due Wednesday, Nov 26th.

Events

Next URI Forum on Education

Wednesday, December 3rd from 5-6pm
Located in the CML. Topic:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1509358372647093/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

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Introduction to American Education
Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Goal: Learn from our Peers about Priorities for our RI Strategic Plan 2.0

Today's Agenda

Teach-In - Day 4 - Topic: Special Education
Course evals (if there is time)
Homework: Please complete feedback survey.

Events

Next URI Forum on Education

Wednesday, December 3rd from 5-6pm
Located in the CML. Topic:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1509358372647093/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

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